LEWISTON — Susan Baltrus, president of the Central Maine Medical Center College of Nursing and Health Professions, was recently elected to the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission Board of Commissioners. The 15 commissioners set accreditation standards and administrative policies, and decide corporate matters.

Baltrus currently serves on several state and national committees. She is a member of the Central Maine Medical Center Ethics Committee and is a certified nurse educator. She represents nursing education on the Maine State Board of Nursing, and is a member of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.

Baltrus is an item reviewer for the NCLEX exam, the exam for licensing nurses in the United States. She is an experienced NLNAC site visitor. She recently conducted site visits at colleges in Nashua, N.H., Harrison, Ark., and Miami.

She resides in Lewiston.